CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2024 at 6:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER – 128 SOUTH 5TH STREET, FOWLER, CA 93625
MINUTES
1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
Mayor Parra called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
PRESENT
Daniel Parra
Juan Mejia
Amarjeet Gill
Leonard Hammer (via teleconference)
Karnig Kazarian
STAFF PRESENT: Interim City Manager Gaffery, City Attorney Cross, Fresno County Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Dominguez, Recreation Supervisor Hernandez, City Planner Marple, Records Technician Molina, Finance Director Moreno, City Engineer Park, Police Chief Reid, Public Works Director Rocha, and City Clerk Vasquez. 2A. CONSIDER approval of councilmember request(s) for remote teleconferencing under emergency circumstances
Motion made by Mejia, Seconded by Gill.
Voting Yea: Parra, Hammer, Kazarian
6. PUBLIC COMMENT
Two members of the public spoke.
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion made by Kazarian, Seconded by Gill.
Voting Yea: Parra, Mejia, Hammer
8. CONTESTED CONSENT CALENDAR
No items were pulled from the consent calendar.
9. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
City Clerk
9A. APPROVE Resolution No. 2758, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Fowler Declaring Results of Municipal Election Held on November Motion made by Kazarian, Seconded by Mejia.
Voting Yea: Parra, Gill, Hammer
9B. Installation of Councilmembers: City Clerk to administer Oath of Office to Karnig R.
Kazarian, Juan A. Mejia, and Daniel T. Parra
9C. Reorganization of City Council
i. Election of Mayor by City Council
A motion was made to nominate Mayor Pro-Tem Mejia as Mayor.
Motion made by Gill, Seconded by Hammer.
Voting Yea: Mejia
Voting Nay: Parra, Kazarian
ii. Election of Mayor Pro-Tem by City Council
A motion was made to nominate Councilmember Gill as Mayor Pro-Tem.
Motion made by Mejia, Seconded by Hammer.
Voting Yea: Gill
Voting Nay: Parra, Kazarian
9D. Recess
9E. APPOINT delegates to various boards, agencies, and commissions 1) Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District - Craig Mellon 2) Finance Committee - Gill, Parra
3) Five Cities Economic Development Authority - delegate:
Kazarian, alternate: Hammer
4) Fowler Recreation Commission - delegate: Mejia, alternate: Gill 5) Friends of Fowler Library - delegate: Gill, alternate: Hammer 6) Fresno County Council of Government (COG) - delegate: Mejia, alternate: Parra
7) SJV Air Pollution Control District Committee - delegate: Parra, alternate: Kazarian
8) Selma-Kingsburg-Fowler Sanitation District (SKF) - delegate:
Gill, alternate: Mejia
9) South Kings Ground Water Sustainability Agency - delegate:
Kazarian, alternate: Parra
10) Southeast Regional Solid Waste Commission - delegate: Gill, alternate: Parra
11) Veteran's Day Event - Now overseen by Recreation Commission Motion made by Gill, Seconded by Kazarian.
Voting Yea: Mejia, Hammer, Parra
Planning
9F. INTRODUCTION of Ordinance 2024-06 amending Article 5 of Title 9 of the Fowler Municipal Code adding Chapter 9.216 and amending Sections 9.120.030, 9.125.030,
9.160.080, 9.175.040, 9.240.060, 9.240.070, and 9.240.130 regarding regulations relating to housing
Motion made by Kazarian, Seconded by Parra.
Voting Yea: Mejia, Gill, Hammer
Police Department
9G. APPROVE a Second Amendment in the amount of $249,839 to the agreement with Dewberry Architects, Inc., for a total amount of $930,215, for design, bidding and construction support costs for the David T. Cardenas Police Headquarters and Senior Center and authorize the Interim City Manager to execute the amendment One member of the public spoke.
There was no motion.
Council directed staff to follow up with Dewberry and bring the item back at a subsequent meeting.
Councilmember Hammer left the meeting at 7:03 p.m.
10. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
Updates were provided by Interim City Manager Gaffery, Public Works Director Rocha, Finance Director Moreno, Police Chief Reid, City Clerk Vasquez, and Recreation Supervisor Hernandez.
11. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS
Updates were provided by Councilmember Kazarian, Mayor Mejia, and Mayor Pro-Tem Gill.
12. CLOSED SESSION
Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)
Conference with legal counsel - Anticipated Litigation
Deciding whether to initiate litigation
Four potential cases
One member of the public spoke.
The meeting went into closed session at 7:15 p.m.
13. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND REPORT ACTION
No reportable action was taken on the closed session item.
14. ADJOURN
Having no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:27 p.m.